FATHER CRAFT

Ladies' Mirror, Volume 2, Issue 8, 1 February 1924, Page 45

FATHER CRAFT

A Lemon Boat

boats for sailing on the pools in the rocks can be made from various odds and ends by a really useful father! A miniature gondola can be made from a banana skin, which should be first cut down the middle with a knife so that the fruit can be extracted. If the fruit is cut in sections it can be removed without damaging the skin. Curve a piece of stout paper to form the covered part of the gondola and fit in a little piece of wood to act as a seat. To keep the gondola upright on the water it will be necessary to place a stone inside the skin. From half the skin of a lemon another boat can be made. Cut the fruit longways and take out the pulp. Fit in little pieces of wood to act as seats. By using a short stick for a mast, to which can be fixed a paper sail, the lemon boat will be converted into a ship. One side of the shell of a large pea pod will make a splendid rowing boat. Small strips of paper will supply the seats, and some little figures might be cut out to form the crew. Half the shell from a hard-boiled egg makes a quaint boat not unlike an ancient coracle. Rafts can be made by tying together small sticks, grass stalks or matches with ordinary sewing cotton.